1861 |
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Organized at Concord, N. H. |
October 22 |
Mustered in |
October 29 |
Left State for Washington, D.C. In camp at Bladensburg, Defenses of Washington, D.C., attached to Howard's Brigade, Sumner's Division, Army of the Potomac |
November 3-11 |
Expedition to Lower Maryland |
November 27 |
At Camp California, near Alexandria, Va. |
1862 |
January 17 |
Scout to Burke's Station (Company A) |
March 10-15 |
Advance on Manassas, Va. attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
March 20 |
Reconnaissance to Gainesville |
March 28-29 |
To Rappahannock Station |
March 28 |
Warrenton Junction |
April 4 |
Moved to the Virginia Peninsula |
April 5-May 4 |
Siege of Yorktown, Va. |
May 28-30 |
Temporarily attached to Woodbury's Engineer Brigade to construct Grapevine Bridge over Chickahominy |
May 31-June 1 |
Battle of Fair Oaks or Seven Pines |
June 25-July 1 |
Seven days before Richmond |
June 28 |
Orchard Station |
June 29 |
Peach Orchard, Allen's Farm and Savage Station |
June 30 |
White Oak Swamp and Glendale |
July 1 |
Malvern Hill |
July-August |
At Harrison's Landing |
August 16-30 |
Movement to Fortress Monroe, then to Alexandria and to Centreville, Va. to cover Pope's retreat from Bull Run |
September-October |
Maryland Campaign |
September 14 |
Battle of South Mountain (Reserve) |
September 15 |
Antietam Creek, near Keadysville |
September 16-17 |
Battle of Antietam |
September 21 - October 29 |
Duty at Harper's Ferry, W. Va. |
October 16-17 |
Reconnaissance to Charlestown |
October 29-November 17 |
Advance up Loudon Valley and movement to Falmouth, Va. |
December 12-15 |
Battle of Fredericksburg |
1863 |
January 20-24 |
Burnside's Second Campaign, "Mud March" |
February-April |
Duty at Falmouth |
April 27-May 6 |
Chancellorsville Campaign |
May 1-5 |
Battle of Chancellorsville |
May |
Colonel Cross takes command of the brigade, and Lieutenant Colonel Charles E. Hapgood takes command of the regiment |
June 9 |
Reconnaissance to Rappahannock |
June 13-July 24 |
Gettysburg Campaign |
July 1-3 |
Battle of Gettysburg
When Colonel Cross was mortally wounded by a Confederate sharpshooter, Lt. Colonel Hapgood pointed out the man to Sergeant Charles Phelps, who dropped the hapless Rebel. Phelps, in turn, was himself mortally wounded.
From the monument: "Here July 2nd, 1863 from 5 p.m. till 7 the 5th N.H. Vols. stood and fought. Total engaged 182. Killed or mortally wounded 31. Total killed and wounded 81."
On this spot fell mortally wounded Edward C. Cross, Col. 5th N.H. Vols. Comdg. 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Corps, July 2nd, 1863"
"Killed or mortally wounded: 2nd Lieut. Ruel G. Austin; Sergeants Oscar D. Allen, Samuel Dolbear, Charles H. Phelps, William B. Welch; Corporals Charles F. Burrell, Edwin B. Cilley, George H. Hackett, Warren M. Parker, George W. Sylvester, Edward G. F. Stinson, Joseph Tricky; Privates Byron Bennett, Horace Bolii, Joesph Bond Jr., George H. Bucknam, James Burns, Joseph Craig, Charles A. Damon, Lucius Feeney, Andrew J. Foss, Samuel R. Green, Charles Kimball, George Kimball, Charles A. Lovejoy, Nathan B. Osmer, Eliph. B. W. Stevens, Roland Taylor, Nathan B. Thompson, Otis Thompson"
"The State of New Hampshire erected this monument July 2nd, 1886 to commemorate the valor of her sons." |
July 26-August 3 |
Moved to Concord, N.H., Dept. of the East for duty at Draft Rendezvous, Concord, N.H. |
November 8-13 |
Moved to Point Lookout, Md. and duty there guarding prisoners. Attached to Marston's Command, Point Lookout, Md. |
1864 |
May 27-June 1 |
Moved to Cold Harbor, Va., attached to 1st Brigade, 1st Division, 2nd Army Corps, Army of the Potomac |
June 1-12 |
Battles about Cold Harbor |
June 16-19 |
Before Petersburg, Va.; Siege of Petersburg begins |
June 22-23 |
Jerusalem Plank Road |
July 27-28 |
Deep Bottom, north of James River |
July 30 |
Mine Explosion, Petersburg (Reserve) |
August 13-20 |
Demonstration north of James River |
August 14-18 |
Strawberry Plains |
August 25 |
Ream's Station |
October 12 |
Non-Veterans mustered out |
December 9-10 |
Reconnaissance to Hatcher's Run |
February 5-7 |
Dabney's Mills, Hatcher's Run |
March 25 |
Watkins' House |
March 28-April 9 |
Appomattox Campaign |
March 29-30 |
On line of Hatcher's and Gravelly Runs |
March 31 |
Hatcher's Run or Boydton Road and White Oak Road |
April 2 |
Sutherland Station; Fall of Petersburg |
April 6 |
Saylor's Creek |
April 7 |
High Bridge and Farmville |
April 9 |
Appomattox Court House. Surrender of Lee and his army. |
May 2-12 |
Moved to Washington, D.C. |
May 23 |
Grand Review |
July 28 |
Mustered out |
August 8 |
Discharged |
